ilovematt48

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  1. nursing job somewhere BESIDES hospital

    ilovematt48 posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    I know this sounds crazy... but i HATE the hospital... i worked in the ICU as an extern and went out to the floor a couple times with my preceptor and i was like wow i hate the floor too. I think it...

  2. VA shunt

    ilovematt48 posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    -my pt has VA shunt malfunction... it doesn't say if there was an infection or if it moved. all i know is that the shunt was externalized and he now has an EVD. i know that he was 27 wks premature and...

  3. nursing job somewhere BESIDES hospital

    ilovematt48 replied to ilovematt48's topic in First Year After Licensure

    hey thanks fot thne info... glad to know im not the only one who's not crazy about a hospital

  4. Vapotherm

    ilovematt48 posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    ok i know that vapotherm is 5-40 l/min via nasal cannula along with nearly 100% humidity delivered at body temperature. but that's basically all i can find out.. it's not in my book. i have a pt that...

  5. working in a nursing home

    ilovematt48 posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    Hello everyone! I am currently a senior who will graduate in May 09... but everyone keeps asking me what type of nursing i want to go into when im finally done with school. I love geriatrics and i',...

  6. Beginning clinical in the NURSERY

    ilovematt48 posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I am in my OB rotation... i will be in the nursery this week and i was just wondering what normally goes on in the nursery, if there's anything that i need to be aware of that i won't find in the...

  7. I think I HATE what i'm doing...

    ilovematt48 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I remember when I first got accepted to nsg school... I was so excited. Not b/c I had wanted to be a nurse all my life, but b/c this meant I would be done with school in 2 years. Everything else I...

  8. I quit nursing school

    ilovematt48 replied to curiousrainbowfan's topic in General Students

    i know how you feel. I just wish that I the guts to quit. Nursing makes me soooo nervous. What if i do this, what if i do that and they DIE? It drives me crazy. When you ask if you should go back, I...

  9. caring for an infant

    ilovematt48 posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    how would you providide care based on age and developmental level of a baby who is a 4wk old male? help i am confused i know this baby needs neck/ head support but i can't seem to find anything much...

  10. infant w/ pyloric stenosis

    ilovematt48 posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    we have to do a presentation over an infant who has had a pylorotomy for pyloric stenoisis.. we have to go into deatil about our priorities for thsi patitent and we must have 3. we are having trouble...

  11. help with a calculation

    ilovematt48 posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    child weighs 9kg order: dopamine 5mcg/kg/min dilute 100mg in 200ml of d51/4 NS @ 6.75ml/hr dose= 2-5mcg/kg/min drug available dopamine 400 mg/5ml will the dilution orders yield the correct...

  12. Help with info on paranoid personality d/o

    ilovematt48 posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    :banghead:OK... I'm havin some problems finding the information that I need. My nursing diagnosis book doesn't have much about mental health, and I need help finding a website that might have some...

  13. Interview for summer internship

    ilovematt48 posted a topic in General Students

    Have any of you guys ever gone through an interview for a summer internship for nursing students? I have one in about a week, and I REALLY WANT THIS INTERNSHIP!!! so i'm just wondering how to prepare...

  14. Interview for summer internship

    ilovematt48 replied to ilovematt48's topic in General Students

    wow... thanks a bunch for the

  15. schizophrenia

    ilovematt48 posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    does anyone know where i might find a journal article on schizophrenia or the managment or treatment of teh disease???? i also need some thoughts on my nursing dx and interventions... my pt is only...

  16. Tuition reimbursement???????????????????????

    ilovematt48 replied to mrgame7's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    my sister-in law did tuition reimbursement... she signed an 18 month contract and got 3,000 bucks a year for 2 years. She had to prove that she passed her first semester with a c or better in each...

  17. top 5 things to monitor for a post CABG PT

    ilovematt48 posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    i KNOW THIS IS PROBABLY A DUMB QUESTION but I'm stuck. I have a POD #2 CABG pt tomorrow in clinical and i am supposed to find something to monitor for and interventions to do for him. I need this to...

  18. top 5 things to monitor for a post CABG PT

    ilovematt48 replied to ilovematt48's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Thank You Soooo

  19. Treatment for PE

    ilovematt48 posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    hello all! i have some questions about PE tx! I know that you would anticoagulate w/ Heparin. But my professor wants to know what type of aticoagulant/ or other intervention you'd do for a KNOWN PE...

  20. Elective and emergent cardioversion

    ilovematt48 posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    What's the difference between Elective and emergent cardioversion? I know that if it's elective the pt must be anticoagulated, but why? And would you give adenosine first before doing cardioversion to...

  21. iv calcualtions... again

    ilovematt48 posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    here i am needing help w/ iv calculations again! any help/advice would be greatly appreciated!! here's my problem: add 10,000 units of heparin to 500 mL D5W and infuse @ 100 unit/hr calculate...

  22. help w/ IV calculations

    ilovematt48 replied to ilovematt48's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    thank you both VERY MUCH!!! I think i get it

  23. help w/ IV calculations

    ilovematt48 posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    we were supposed to study iv calculations friday in class but all we got was a woman stranding up there for about 7-8 minutes who never gave us a fully worked out problem nor the full formula to work...

  24. Why did you pick the nursing school you did?

    ilovematt48 replied to Mnstn's topic in General Students

    i chose the nursing school i currently attend because it was about 45 minutes away from my house and it was cheaper than going to the private nursing school that I got accepted to. I wish now that I...